All Films

Messy

2017 • 55 min • Japan

A drama in which an office lady searches for her own way of life. Sayumi, a 26-year-old OL, thinks that she only wants to have sex with people she likes, but the girls around her have teased her about the idea. In front of her, men who are not normal appear because they are too straight in their thoughts.

#takemeanywhere

2017 • 44 min

LaBeouf, Rönkkö and Turner embark on a month-long project to hitchhike the internet, posting their coordinates online each day and waiting for a ride, with their path entirely in the hands of the public.

Apoptosis

2017 • 18 min • Slovenia

It is 2074. Utter pollution of the Earth. Lack of food. Collapse of governments and all systems. Control is assumed by the Bionet corporation, promising a brighter future based on their product, Biogreen. Countries become sectors under the administration of Bionet. Each inhabitant is implanted a chip revealing their personal information as well as financial situation. Control is executed by special sector offices operating under Bionet. The time has come for the final solution.

The Burden

2017 • 20 min • Croatia

The script follows the emotional and spiritual downward spiral of a modern man breaking down under the pressures of everyday life.

Daemonrunner

2017 • 5 min • Australia

Ghostbusters meets The Matrix in this experimental short film from the makers of Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead.

The Suitor

2017 • 8 min • United States of America

When a nervous suitor arrives at the country estate of a local matriarch, his hopes of a suitable match with her charming niece are soon challenged by the story of their great family tragedy.

Pazzo & Bella

2017 • 20 min

A gangster offers Pazzo and Bella the possibility of getting a huge sum of money to kill a man. Pazzo is on a wheelchair, Bella is an alcoholic and gambling addicted. They have never done anything like this in their lives. But Bella is a dangerous woman and wants to change her life no matter the cost. Pazzo doesn't need anything but Bella in his life. He loves her. And that is a problem.

King Grandpa

2017 • 15 min • Germany

Clemens lives and breathes his grandfather’s stories. When his grandfather passes away, it is difficult for him to understand that it is now his turn to continue telling his stories. Story-telling becomes a way for him to not only keep the stories but also the memory of his grandfather alive.

Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/Lostroom

2017 • 32 min • Japan

The Lostroom. A place where you can see what was lost, or maybe what will be lost to you in time. Existing in the innermost part of Chaldea, it is the boundary line between dream and reality where the light of the Moon shines through. Produced by the Chaldea Summoning System, the room holds a small number of worthwhile benefits to enjoy.

Cuba Libre

2017 • 7 min • Cuba

A young business man journeys to Havana Cuba for work, only to find a beautiful distraction.

Sugar

2017 • 10 min • United States of America

Through the eyes of our protagonist Ellis, who suffers in silence in a world which pounces on any form of perceived weakness, we consider the harmful effect of needing to conceal the truth from the people around you.

Andrey Zvyagintsev. The Director

2017 • 59 min • Russia

Portrait of director Andrey Zvyagintsev against the background of the filming of his film "Loveless".

Cosmopolite

2017 • 4 min • Japan

A subtle and softened x-ray tinted journey through an opaque, undescribed stratosphere.

Ping Pang

2017 • 16 min • Japan

Everyday a woman feverishly practices ping pong by herself. She play ping pong to distract herself from the reality of her life which includes the occasional sexual harrasment at work. A chance encounter one night slowly begins to change her world.

Hugues

2017 • 48 min • France

Hugues is forty years old. He's an actor but he doesn't want to perform. He's taken refuge with Serge, his partner, in the house where he grew up. However, Micheline, a director, insists that he tread the boards once again. Serge gives him an ultimatum: it's him or the play. Hugues chooses the play. When rehearsals start, Hugues, alone in the house, discovers naked people frolicking in the field adjoining the garden.

Guiltless

2017 • 20 min • Mexico

Twenty-one-year-old Juan gets some terrible news from his doctor: he has aggressive lung cancer. His whole life turns upside down as the disease evolves.

The Summoner

2017 • 20 min • United Kingdom

In a world where spirits of the dead are the most pervasive and dangerous threat we face, humankind must call upon the skills of an enigmatic ghost-hunter who gets more than he bargained for facing the most deadly threat of his career.

Trip

2017 • 23 min • Croatia

"Trip" is the autobiographical soundscape and visual world of Jhené Aiko's healing journey that follows the loss of her brother, Miyagi Chilombo, to cancer in 2012, and her futile quest to replace that love with romantic relationships and vices that failed to fill the void.

Picture Wheel

2017 • 13 min • Australia, United States of America

In an alternate reality where memories are literally worn about one's head, a jilted lover wrestles with the image of his ex.

Hunting ISIS

2017 • 24 min

FRONTLINE follows an elite special operations unit at the center of the fight against ISIS in Iraq. Also in this two-part hour: “Battle for Iraq,” a report by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on the battle against ISIS for control of the city of Mosul.

Myself When I Am Real

2017 • 14 min • United States of America

A man and a woman see a therapist together in a last ditch effort to save their marriage. Their story has wider implications.

Ancien and the Magic Tablet: Another Story

2017 • 25 min • Japan

This is the story that always appears in the dreams of Kokone, who eventually becomes a high school student. What is the secret hidden in the fairy tale that Kokoneheard as a young boy? And then, what is this secret entrusted to his father Momotaro's mind? This movie depicts the adventures of the main character, high school student Morikawa Kokone, who appears in the dreams of another main character, Yasue, another nap princess.

Lincoln in the Bardo

2017 • 10 min • United States of America

In 1862, Abraham Lincoln's youngest son is laid to rest. That night, Lincoln visits his son's crypt, a chorus of ghosts narrating their brief reunion. Based on the bestselling novel by acclaimed author George Saunders.

Red Ash: Gearworld

2017 • 22 min • Japan

In a futuristic world, the "Nanorace," people whose genes contain nanomachines that grant them special abilities, are controlled and suffer prejudice from the "Purerace" of normal human beings. Beck, a legendary hunter with the power of "Red Ash," aims to undergo the surgical procedure to become Purerace. Alongside the large yet timid mechanic Tyger, they use their parallel machine to fly to the old world, doing dangerous jobs. One day, they suddenly run into Call, a girl pursued by the duo of Safari and Stripe. Call, Beck, and Tyger together travel to the clockwork world. But Safari, Stripe, and their leader Deny, stubbornly pursue Call, and are finally in a position to make their attack on Beck and his friends.